[usu. treated as sing.]a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing (马的)腺疫,传染性卡他
This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi 这种病是由马链球菌引起的
语源
early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle 'strangulation', from strangle